BEAUTIFUL 
NATIVE PLANTS 
FROM THE 
HIGH PLAINS, BADLANDS 
AND BLACK HILLS 
1951 
PagEg RA RIT 
Phlox alyssifolia In a creeping Phlox character 
in blossom form and pleasing color are desired. P. 
alyssifolia has both, in good selections. The 
color ranges from pale to deep lilac-pink. Prob- 
ably the most delightful carry stronger suffu- 
sions of rose or carmine but an occasional plant 
will show a warming tinge of salmon or even 
a cool bluish mauve. 
Garden care, freedom from competition, the right 
soil, bring forth glorious bloom for four to six 
weeks. Its gentle fragrance carries across the 
garden. 
This Phlox likes a substantial firmness, always 
with drainage, at least for the deeper reaches of 
its deep searching roots, doubtless a taste of clay 
and lime. Young active roots establish readily. 
CLAUDE A, BARR 
PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
SMITHWICK, S. D. 
FOREWORD: To grow the Great Plains plants it 
is important to recognize native factors of adapt- 
ation and environment. Character and faculty 
have been moided in these plants by untold 
ages of existence where periods of moisture 
shortage are long and of moisture excess mostly 
brief. 
Moisture retention devices in the plant struc- 
ture have been developed to an outstanding de- 
gree to withstand shortage; to escape excesses 
the wise plants select high places and slopes, 
rocky, gravelly and porous soils from which ex- 
cess water readily drains away or down, thus 
quickly restoring aeration. In general moistness 
is sought, wetness avoided. 
